Terry Butcher Tribute Act
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- Aug 18, 2013
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I don't think it's the same at all.As will de Zerbi's tactics against Rome, and a series of poor results against bottom of the table sides, be deemed a disgrace once he has walked out on us for a big pay day ("He never was that good, really - I thought he was sh*t all along" will probably be the new mantra of the more entitled NSCers). The sun, of course, will shine out of the new manager's arse, and no dissention will be considered acceptable, no matter how many GKs he rotates.
GPot took 2 and a half seasons to start getting results - albeit the team in season one was deep in an Ashworth transformation to a young, technical team. But that second season side should have been much better.
RDZ took a better side to Europe playing some blistering football in the process. Had he not needed about 5 games to implement his style we'd probably have got Champions League.
Should this seasons team be doing better having sold and not replaced the crown Jewels in midfield and suffered an unprecedented injury crisis on top, including losing March and Mitoma, the two catalysts for attacking success last season? Well in some games (Luton, Sheffield at home) yes, in others, i am not so sure.
Either way I think RDZ has his faults, but hasn't been backed enough to succeed this season, whatever success is - our current 8th and Europa last 16 wasn't bad. But he'll be missed unless we come up trumps with another brilliant appointment who doesn't need 3 years to hit the ground running, and has the pull to appeal to replacements we badly need in centre midfield, out wide, and for Lallana and Milner